URBAN
CAN WE LIVE TOGATHER?
Liliana and Daira show that the impossible is possible: two lives from opposite worlds coexist, confront the past, and create a new present. Difference is not erased—it is amplified; memory becomes dialogue. Living together is not an agreement, it is a radical act of humanity: reconciliation made tangible, hope made real.
Location:
Bogota - Colombia
Category:
Docu
Client:
Lead Architects:
Sebastian Contreras
Project Year:
Living Together Beyond History
In a world fractured by identity, conflict, and prejudice, the possibility of two people from opposing realities living together is not only radical—it is revolutionary. An Afro-descendant and a former FARC combatant may seem worlds apart, yet in their coexistence lies the seed of a new humanity. Liliana and Daira embody this possibility: two lives shaped by histories of pain, resistance, and survival, now converging in a shared space.
Living together is not about erasing difference. It is about amplifying it, confronting the wounds of the past, and transforming them into a dialogue. Their home becomes a laboratory of empathy, where memory and trauma coexist with trust, where the social structures that divided them are questioned and dismantled.
This radical experiment in daily life proves that reconciliation is spatial as much as it is emotional. Walls are not barriers but vessels of dialogue. Coexistence is not compromise—it is a conscious act of creation, a blueprint for societies emerging from conflict. Liliana and Daira show us that true change begins where fear ends, and humanity begins.
Human and Humanitarian Architecture Studio
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